Improvement in clothes-line holders



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

EZRA W. TALBOTT, OF NAPOLEON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND .i JAMES W.YMILLER, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT |N. CLOTHES-LINE HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 110,802, dated January 3, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EZRA W. TALBOTT, of

structed, arranged, and operating as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents aside elevation of the invention.

, Fig. 2 is a vertical section, looking to the left from the line :v av of Fig. l. l

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is 'a base or sill piece. B B are uprights attached to A or inserted in the ground,with arms C projecting inward, through which is a series of holes, as seen in the drawing. D D are levers, which have their fulcrums at the points E E on the uprights B B. F F are stops on the uprights B B, which limit the motion or back movement of the levers. G represents the clothes-line, which is fastened to the top ends of the levers by means of hooks or slotted holes, or in any suitable manner. H represents pins or handles in the lower ends of the levers, for convenience inA straining the line.

When the line has been attached tothe levers, as seen in the drawing, the lower ends of the levers are drawn inward toward each other, and fastened in any desired position by the pins I I in one of the series of holes in the arms C C. v

Either one of the levers may be fixed or made stationary, and the line maybe stretched by the other lever.

The line is attached to the levers before the levers are attached to the uprightsby their fulcrum-pins, so that when the levers are put in place the line is elevated a suitable distance above the ground.

This is a simple and effective method of ele.-

vating, stretching, and holding clothes-lines,

and.v its advantages will be readily understood by all.

rEhe uprights may, of course, be used in the ground, in which case the ground would be the base.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The angle-levers D D, having a hook at the top and detachably fulcrumed at E, combined, as described, with pin I and the uprights B B, having stops F F and perforated arms- C O, forthe purpose specified.

` E. W. TALBOTT.

Witnesses:

A. T; STOUT, J. N. HIGH. 

